Improvement in fences



To all whom it may concern:

`tially, in supporting the panels by and be- UNTTED STATEs PATENTOFEIOEo ORLANDO cLEAvELAND, OFMIDDLEsEX, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENcEs.

Specification forming. part of Letters Patent No. 186,543, dated January23, 1877; application filed November 4,- 1876.

Be it known thatI, ORLANDO OLEAVELAND ot' Middlesex, in the county OfYates and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Felice;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same. y

My invention is an improvement in the cla-ss of movable-panel fences andconsists, essentween short stakes driven into the earth and standing inpairs, those of each pair beinginclined towardeach other'at a rightangle, or thereabout. The heads of the `stakes are bound togetherbywires, and the projecting ends ot the lengthwise boards of the panelslap past each other, and rest on the bindin-gwires between thestake-heads. Awire brace is also applied for Aholding the 'encepanelsvertical and rigidly in place, as hereinafter described. I

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speciiication, Figure1 is a side view, and 2 a cross-section, ot' my improved fence.

The panels A are, preferably, formed ofY parallel lengthwise boards aand vertical end bars b. The stakes B are set in pairs, and eachisxdriven into the earth at an inclination to the opposite one of apair, s o that they' form together a right angle. as represented in Fig.2. The contiguous ends of` the stakes B are sawed ott' vertically atsuch distance apart as to leave a space of sufficient width to receivethe lapped endsV of the panels, Fig. l. A wire, D,is passed around theheads ot' the stakes to form a restor support for the panels. As shown,the second of the series ot' lengthwise bords c of the panels A restimmediately on the wires D, and the panels are thus supportedv clear ofthe ground. To assist in maintaining the panels in a vertical position,I employ a brace, E, formed of a continuous wire, which is passedvoverthe tops of the panels at the several points where their ends lap, andalso through notches or open slots d, formed in the sides ot' the stakesB, near the ground.

In practice, the stakes are driven rst, and their heads cut oft', andthe wire binderD applied. Two panels are then placed in verticalposition between the stakes, with their contiguousends lapped, and thebrace-wireE (previously slipped over the ends ot' one of the panels)adjusted `in the notches d ot' the stakes, and drawn taut or stretchedto the requisite tension by means of a wedge or wed ges, F, which aredriven between the Wire and a tie-plate or hinder, c, which passesacross .the top ot' the lapped panels, and prevents the wire spreadingat that part.

The fence is strong, durable, easily and cheaply constructed, and may beerected, and also changed from one place or position to another, withease and dispatch. It is particularly adapted for use on an undulatingsurface, also on wet or boggy ground.

Itis obvious, any panel in the line of felice may be removed to form apassage-way by iirst detaching the wedge and brace-wire.

What I claim is- In combination with the panels A, the i11- clinedstakes B, support D, and the wire brace orbinder E, substantially as sli)wn and described. l y

The above specication of my invention signed by me this 4th day ot'November, A

ORLANDO OLEAVELAN D. Witnesses; f AMOs W. HART, CEAS. A. PETTIT.

